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With few changes made on licensing to comply with the European Commission’s ruling last year, Google has started rolling out new screens to Android users in Europe with an option to download search apps and browsers. Continue reading “Google rolls out ‘search app and browser options’ to Android users in Europe”
Samsung launched its much-hyped Galaxy S10 series of smartphone across the globe a few weeks back. Just like its predecessor, the S10 series got a thumbs up from critics and masses alike. Ever since Samsung launched its One UI, it has been gaining traction especially for smooth, clean and minimal interface. Continue reading “Samsung rolls out dedicated Night mode for Galaxy S10 along with April security patch”
We already know that the Redmi Y3, selfie-focused smartphone with a 32-megapixel front will launch in India on April 24th. Now the company has posted that it has shipped 7 million Y series smartphones since the launch, and also said that it has more surprises lined up at the launch hinting at number 7, so the company could launch the Redmi 7 alongside.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 7 expected to launch in India alongside Redmi Y3 on April 24”
Samsung this week introduced Galaxy A60 and Galaxy A40s, new set of smartphones in the Galaxy A series in China and Hong Kong. It packs a 6.3-inch Full HD+ Infinity-O LCD display, compared to AMOLED Infinity-U screen on the A70, but this is powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 675 with 6GB of RAM, runs Android Pie with Samsung One UI, features a 32-megapixel rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, secondary 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots and an 8-megapixel 123° ultra wide-angle lens, similar to the A70. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A60 with 6.3-inch FHD+ Infinity-O display, triple rear cameras and Galaxy A40s with 6.4-inch AMOLED Infinity-V display announced”
ZTE’s Nubia brand has announced that it will introduce Nubia Red Magic 3, the company’s new Gaming Phone at an event at Beijing RNG e-sports center in China on April 28th. This comes after the Nubia Red Magic that was introduced back in April last year and the Red Magic Mars that was introduced in November. This will be powered by the latest Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform with up to 12GB of RAM. Continue reading “Nubia Red Magic 3 Gaming phone with Snapdragon 855, 12GB RAM to be announced on April 28”
BlackBerry today announced that it is making BBM Enterprise (BBMe), its enterprise-grade end-to-end encrypted messaging platform, available for individual use, as Indonesia-based Emtek who manages BBM for consumers has announced that it will shut down BBM consumer services on May 31, 2019. It said that users have moved on to other platforms, while new users proved difficult to sign on to BBM. Continue reading “BlackBerry opens BBM Enterprise for personal use as BBM consumer service is shutting down on May 31”
At the China Mobile Global Partner Conference in Guangzhou, MediaTek introduced the first 5G baseband chipset, Helio M70. Today, Mediatek has confirmed that the 5G chipset will be arriving in India by this year-end with the shipping happening next year.
Continue reading “Mediatek’s 5G chip is coming to India by end of 2019”
Apple today announced a major expansion of its recycling programs, quadrupling the number of locations US customers can send their iPhone to be disassembled by Daisy, its recycling robot.
Continue reading “Apple announces its major expansion of global recycling programs”
Reliance Jio has reported Rs. 11,106 crore revenue, up 7.0 % QoQ and 55.8 YoY and a net profit of 840 crore, up 1.1% QoQ and 64.7% YoY for its seventh quarterly financial performance for the period that ended 31st March
2019. Jio reported Standalone earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 4,329 crore, up 6.8% QoQ, EBITDA margin of 39%, and Standalone earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of 2,585 crore, up 9.1% QoQ . Continue reading “Reliance Jio reports Rs. 840 crore profit in FY Q4 2018-19, crosses 300 million subscribers”
Update: April 18, 2019 — Lenovo has confirmed that it will feature quad rear cameras that includes a 48-megapixel main sensor with OIS, 125° ultra-wide-angle lens, Telephoto lens for 2.39cm macro and a ToF sensor. It will come with a gradient back, sixth-generation in-display fingerprint scanner, liquid cooling with 5mm reinforced copper tube for better heat dissipation and pack a 4000mAh battery.
ASUS launched the Zenfone Lite L1 smartphone in India in October 2018. It was an entry-level smartphone priced at Rs.5,999 in India. Today, ASUS has added another entry-level smartphone to its lineup with the launch of ASUS Zenfone Live L2.
Continue reading “ASUS Zenfone Live L2 with 5.5-inch HD+ display, Gradient body announced”
In recent days, various reports have been emerging on brands like Amazon, Microsoft working on various products with their voice assistant built in. While Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana has been present for years now, we haven’t seen voice assistants from social media companies like Facebook, Twitter become popular among consumers. But, looks like it is going to change as a new report suggests that Facebook is said to be working on its own AI voice assistant to rival the offerings in the market.
Continue reading “Facebook said to be working on its own AI voice assistant to rival Alexa and Siri”
Update 3 – April 18, 2019: Xiaomi has confirmed that Dark mode is currently available only for the Android 9 Pie based MIUI 10 Beta ROM for supported devices, and will soon come to other supported versions after thorough testing. Dark Mode is not available for POCO yet. Continue reading “MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM brings Dark Mode [Update: Rolling out now]”
After a leak, OnePlus has officially released the first Android Pie Community update for the OnePlus 3 and 3T smartphones, as it had promised last year. OnePlus 3 and 3T were launched back in 2016 running Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). This is the third major Android update for the phones after Android Nougat in 2017 and Android Oreo update last year. The company has already guaranteed Android security updates for the phones till November 2019.
Continue reading “OnePlus 3 and 3T Android Pie beta update released”
After a recent leak that revealed a 6.64-inch screen, a new leak reveals that the OnePlus 7 Pro will come with a Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate, 4000mAh battery, slightly bigger than the 3700mAh battery on the OnePlus 6T along with a 30W Warp Charge that made its debut in the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition.
